This is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The land here is made up of alluvial mud and sand brought down by the Yangtze River. Now, an oasis has been cultivated on the endless sand, building a green ecological barrier.

Enter Chongming and looked around. The vegetation was lush, the trees were rugged, and the green shadows were swaying. is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The land here is made up of alluvial mud and sand brought by the Yangtze River . Now, an oasis has been cultivated on the endless sand, building a green ecological barrier. The story of is about 577,000 acres of forest land, 30.55% of forest coverage rate and a group of foresters for more than 40 years. ‍‍‍

From "sparse trees" to "green dragon"

"Before the 1980s, the river and coastal embankments in Chongming were bare, and there was no decent greening area, and there were few trees in inland rivers, roads and ditches." Shi Fuchao from the district forestry station was the "first generation" forester in the mid-1980s. He described to reporters before afforestation. Chongming: "In the past, when the wind blew, it was sometimes mixed with mud and sand. Soil erosion occurred from time to time, which had a certain impact on agricultural production."

Chengming tree planting and afforestation old photos In 1979, the Chongming County Government established a county-owned forestry station, which was responsible for the work of planting trees and greening islands, and carried out the first forestry resource census that year. After the census, based on Chongming's characteristics, a large number of metasequoia were planted to build protective forests. Metasequoia tree As the light-loving fast-growing tree species , it has strong adaptability to the environment and high planting survival rate. Shi Fuchao told reporters: "The most difficult thing back then was that the tree species were not suitable. The land and soil in Chongming generally had 'congenital deficiencies such as alkalinity and heavy texture. At that time, various screening tests were conducted, many 'test sites' were opened, and finally, tree species such as Metasequoia that were easy to survive were selected." At the beginning of afforestation, Metasequoia saplings were distributed to farmers, allowing farmers to plant on the edge of ditches and roadsides. There was a row of trees around every 100-150 acres of farmland, forming a networking of farmland forests, which not only regulates the microclimate in the field, creates a good ecological environment, and makes the light, temperature, humidity and other conditions near the ground layer more suitable for crop growth, and has a certain promoting effect on agricultural development. After seven years of planting trees in Jinqiao Village, Xinhe Town, the annual grain yield reached 2,011 kilograms, with an annual yield of 505 kilograms. The village's first production team is the team with the largest number of trees in the village, and the annual grain yield reached 2,235 kilograms, ranking first in the township.

House Planting and Afforestation Old Photos In order to play the role of windbreaking and berth protection, Chongming began to strengthen the construction of protective forests along the river and coastal areas in 1985 and built a green barrier to resist natural disasters . One year, I encountered typhoon 12 , and no trees on the embankment were blown over. On the contrary, these woods blocked the wind and intercepted rainwater, ensuring the safe flood season of the embankment and improving its ability to resist natural disasters.

Chengming tree planting old photos Thanks to the large-scale afforestation in recent years, the soil erosion in Chongming was further reduced at that time, the soil structure was continuously optimized, and a relatively complete suburban shelter forest system with comprehensive benefits was formed.

Old photos of trees and afforestation in Chongming When the third forestry resource census was launched in July 1989, the Chongming River and seawall had afforestation of about 8,179 mu, with a total of 9.34 million trees in the county, with a forest area of ​​110,000 mu, and the forestry coverage rate increased to 9.7%. In 1992, the Ministry of Forestry awarded Chongming County the "National Advanced Unit for Plain Greening". At this point, a "green dragon" that stretches continuously east and west along the Baili River embankment on the south side of the Yangtze River in Chongming Island has been built.

Chongming tree planting old photos "I remember that when I planted trees on the mudflat, I would fall into the mud if I accidentally fell into the mud. The planting efficiency was very low and difficult, but everyone insisted on overcoming it. By choosing water-resistant tree species, strictly grasp the planting season, avoid the big tide time, so that I would not wash away the newly planted trees. Before planting, the mutual flower rice grass on the mudflat was removed to avoid competing for nutrients and affect the growth of trees." Shi Fuchao told reporters about the difficulties encountered in afforestation, "Later, I encountered pests and diseases, and large areas of leaves were eaten. Everyone was very anxious and gave up their rest time and organized township maintenance personnel to spray medicine in the forest.Of course, now that technology is developed, we adopt green prevention and control technology , hang insect trap boards, install insecticide lamp , etc., and use biological pesticides to protect the forest while protecting the environment. "As he said that, Shi Fuchao seemed to have returned to the days when he fought side by side with his colleagues in the forest. "I think the future Chongming will definitely bring enjoyable and usable forest land resources to the daily lives of citizens. As General Secretary Xi Jinping said, we must bring a sense of gain, happiness and security to the people. "Shi Fuchao imagined the future Chongming with full vision, which is also his goal for the past 40 years of forestry work.

From "the data is good" to "ecological corridor"

In 2001, Chongming started the road of "ecological island construction", and the first one to be on the agenda was afforestation. Large-scale "green" afforestation also kicked off a new prelude. As an important strategic space for sustainable development in Shanghai in the 21st century, Chongming has become a broad consensus among all Chongming, and high-quality tree planting Forestry has become an important part. Chongming combined its own reality and continued to increase efforts in forestry construction, which has promoted the total growth of greening in the whole region and significantly improved the quality. It has formed three models: "forest-raising forests, house-building forests, and projects-promoting forests", and encouraged enterprises and social funds to participate in forestry construction in a market-oriented manner - by raising forests through forests, farmers and units are encouraged to engage in economic forest construction such as fast-growing forests, fruit forests, seedlings, etc.; by building forests with houses, low-density ecological residential development and construction within the prescribed areas of large forests; by promoting forests through projects, sports and leisure projects are developed and constructed, and through project profits, we ensure forests The capital needs for industrial construction, maintenance and management. combines three models, Chongming forestry construction has developed rapidly, and it also brings continuous optimization of air quality, significant improvement of water environment quality, and clean and stable soil environment quality. Data from previous years shows that the forest coverage rate in Chongming was only 16.8% in 2003. By 2009, Chongming's forest coverage rate reached 20.51%, becoming the highest forest coverage rate in Shanghai at that time.

Time came to 2013, in order to expand the scale of forest land in Shanghai and continuously improve forest coverage The municipal government issued the three-year forestry construction task in Chongming. At this point, Chongming started a new round of large-scale tree planting and afforestation activities. Through the three-year forestry construction plan, the three islands are added year by year. While increasing the forest area, Chongming continued to improve the quality of forestry construction. By choosing suitable tree planting and other methods, it not only optimized the soil, but also improved the forest stand structure. By the end of 2015, the forest coverage rate of Chongming District was 22.51%.

"Before 2015, we afforested forests mostly for shelterbelts and water conservation forests, most of which were public welfare forests. However, the traditional afforestation model of "small specifications, high density, barracks-style, single varieties" can no longer meet people's actual needs for improving the living environment and improving the rural landscape." Sun Li, a "second generation" forestry man in the district forestry station, participated in the planning and construction of ecological corridor . "Later, we made useful attempts in the transformation of public welfare forest landscapes, and ecological corridors came into being. At present, we have built nearly 80,000 acres of ecological corridors. "

Chongming Island Canal, rows of beech trees lush and green, and pieces of black twigs are staggered and the forest paths are winding. You can not only see the forests from afar, but also walk into it to experience the ecological space. "Since 2019, Chongming District has vigorously developed municipal ecological corridors along the Chenhai Highway and the island canal, which not only plays the functions of forest land protection, water conservation, and water and soil conservation, but also further enriches the connotation and benefits of forest land construction, superimposing landscape, leisure and other functions. "Sun Li gave an example. Since Chongming District launched the construction of the ecological corridor project, Dongping Town has identified "Plum blossoms" as the main planting variety of corridors. The area of ​​plum blossoms planted along the main roads of the town is more than 800 acres, with nearly 10 varieties, and the number is more than 17,000.At the same time, garden landscapes such as spring, "Fragrant Path of Plum Forest", and "Clear Pond Plum Shadow" were carefully created, and Chongming Dongping Plum Blossom Culture Festival was held to attract tourists to enjoy the plum blossoms.

Not only Dongping Town, but all towns in Chongming pay attention to the layout of the landscape, integrate artistic culture and personality creation in the construction of ecological corridors, and combine forest tourism, forest body and forest culture to become an important carrier for creating the highlights of Chongming's ecological. "When we first started to build ecological corridors, our work was facing a heavy task and tight time, and giving up rest and working overtime became commonplace. After the ecological corridor was completed, many ordinary people took their children to take a walk and play in the woods, breathing fresh air and enjoying the city oxygen bar. "Sun Li said that as a person who participated in it personally, a sense of pride arose naturally. The reporter saw the uncontrollable love for forestry in his passionate eyes: "We plant trees and afforestation to serve the construction of a world-class ecological island. But in the final analysis, it is for the people to let more people come in, feel the natural scenery, relax, slow down, and enjoy the pastoral life quietly. "

From "open leisure forest land" to " forest chief "

Entering the open leisure forest land of Hezhong Village, Miaozhen, it is like coming to a park. Winding paths extend in the forest, outlining the scenery of winding paths. Along the road, leisure seats, rain sheltering pavilions, viewing platforms, ornamental corridors, map signs and other supporting facilities are also set up along the way to provide citizens with a green ecological space for leisure, entertainment and fitness.

Liu Menglin is a "newcomer" who just joined the forestry station and is also the "third generation" forester in Chongming. She told Reporter, the open leisure forest land has just begun to be built in recent years. The resource structure of the previous ecological public welfare forest was optimized and landscape transformation was carried out. By adding "four modernizations" tree species, ornamental plants, infrastructure construction, etc., we will promote the integration of functions, create a suburban scenery with afforestation and landscape, interweaving corridors and gardens, and natural wildness, and create urban forest recreation spaces with ecology and life interpenetration, high openness and high sensitivity for citizens.

" Chongming's forestry has not been developed for a long time. Most of the large forests we can see have been planted in the past few decades. Chongming has about 30% of the forest area of ​​the entire Shanghai, and the current forest coverage rate has reached 30.55%, which is an amazing achievement. And as the forest coverage rate has become higher and higher in the past two years, the conservation of forests has become increasingly important. "Liu Menglin told reporters that she is participating in the compilation of the Chongming District Forest Chief System recently. The so-called forest chief system is to implement the system of zoning responsibility, implement the local responsibility for protecting and developing forestry and grass resources, and build a long-term mechanism for the protection and development of forestry and greening resources covering the entire region, so as to ensure that forests are made, green people are built, trees are managed, and responsibilities are held.

Speaking of the future appearance of Chongming Forestry, she is full of expectations: "With scientific design planning and maintenance management, the vegetation levels in the forest will be richer in the future. While paying attention to ecological benefits, we will explore economic benefits, such as giving full play to the economic and medicinal value of some characteristic tree species to form a complete industrial chain. A new ecological beauty with a lake of 1,000 meters, a forest of 1,000 meters, a river and lake, and a lotus fragrance, has become a symbol of a world-class ecological island in the future. "

The eyes are full of green, the birds sing and the flowers are fragrant, and the natural oxygen bar... This is people's feelings and evaluation of Chongming, the green island. Over the past 40 years, three generations of foresters have sowed seeds in the mudflats and planted green in the ditches, creating the green miracle of the desert turning into forests. From a tree to a forest, we have worked generation after generation, and achieved great success for thousands of years with the help of size.

Source: Shanghai Chongming